Tyutin’s Presence in Kazan Under Question

By Max Dostoevsky

November 5th, 2002

Tyutin’s resence in Kazan Under Question Players movement update

Fedor Tyutin has signed two-year contract with AK BARS KAZAN. By doing so Rangers’ prospect found himself in the middle ofcontroversy, as SKA SAINT-PETERSBURG management presented to PHL’s Arbitration Committee an agreement reached withTyutin’s NHL right holder – the New York Rangers. According to agreement in question Tyutin is loaned by NHL club toSaint-Petersburg team until the end of the current season. Therefore under the IIHF/NHL agreement Ak Bars has no rights dressFedor in RSL action without Ranger’s permission.

As we reported last week, Tyutin canceled his contract with SKA exercising a clause that allows him to leave club if coaching orGM change takes place.

Arbitrary committee will now decide where talented rearguard will play this season. From NY Rangers standpoint Saint-Petersburgseems to be preferable venue, since due to SKA’s lack of depth on defense Tyutin shall receive premium ice-time there. Whiledespite being (Ak Bars’ assistant coach) Vladimir Plyuschev’s favorite Tyutin isn’t guaranteed to play top roles in Kazan.

BARDIN SEEKS EXPERIENCE FOR YOUTH

Avangard Omsk franchise produced a few great prospects in recent years. However some of it’s finest and dearest young talentsmay be on the trading block. Avangard’s GM Anatoly Bardin recently let his colleagues know that he’ll be willing to deal youth forexperience.

“With the departure of (Oleg) Shargorodsky to Kazan we badly need an experienced rearguard,” – says Bardin. “For the sake of it,we’re ready to trade some of our young forwards.”

Avangard is very deep up front, therefore talented kids like Alexander Golovin (CHI), Andrei Taratukhin (CAL), KonstantinBaranov (PHI) and Anton Kurianov (eligible for ’03 NHL draft) are doomed to get their ice-time on Avangard’s farm team based inthird division.

There have been rumors of the deal between Omsk and Sibir involving Golovin and Kurianov in exchange defender Sergei Voronov.Apparently the deal went dead at the last moment, as Novosibirsk side refused to part with its top rearguard.

Of late our sources indicate that Taratukhin and Kurainov may end up in High League on loan basis and that Nizhnekamsk’sNeftekhimik is interested in acquiring Golovin.

Bottom line – players in question clearly surpassed farm’s level of play and the time is right for them to get examined at a higherlevel. It would be especially interesting to see how Golovin fares when he’s given a chance to play in the Superlegue.

NOTABLE TRANSFERS

Starting today until Friday the 9th of November RSL clubs may modify their rosters. Bellow listed all the latest transfers. (For fullinformation regarding all the transactions see TRANSFERS section).

19-year old forward Alexander Blokhin will play in Nizhnekamsk until the end of the season. Blokhin joins NEFTEKHIMIK on loanfrom SEVERSTAL CHEREPOVETS.

SPARTAK MOSCOW loaned F Artyom Vostrikov (CBJ) from LADA TOGLIATTI and acquired the rights to forward AndreiTroschinsky (STL) from METALLURG MAGNITOGORSK. Moscow club also got hold on loan basis of D Mikhail Chernov from AKBARS and F Maxim Rybin (ANA) from SEVERSTAL, Maxim’s brother Artyom is one of team’s top forwards this season.SPARTAK released several players to make room for the newcomers. Among them are forwards Anton Starovoit, MaximPotapov, Dmitry Semenov (DET) and Pavel Agarkov (DET). Veteran Agarkov is currently practicing with SIBIR. Moscow sideexpressed interest in Yaroslavl’s Alex Suglobov (NJ) and Ivan Nepryaev (WAS), but competition is high for the two young gemsas several RSL teams would like to loan them.

Veteran D Oleg Mikulchik, member of Belarus National team at Nagano ’98 and Salt-Lake ’02 OG, traded by MECHELCHELYABINSK to NEFTEKHIMIK.

METALLURG MG signed 33-year old LW Dmitry Khristich. Metallurg’s core of former NHLers may get another addition, as LWValery Kamensky is also rumored to head to Magnitogorsk.

LOKOMOTIV YAROSLAVL loaned D Evgeny Korolev from NHL’s NY ISLANDERS. Loan extends until the end of the season.

SEVERSTAL loaned until the end of the season D Evgeny Shaldybin, F Oleg Antonenko and C Andrei Pchelyakov toMETALLURG NOVOKUZNETSK.

AK BARS loaned until the end of the season D Remir Khaidarov and D Denis Sokolov to MOLOT-PRIKAMIE PERM.

DINAMO MOSCOW signed F Johan Lindstrom. Of late 27-year old Swede played in Germany.

AMUR KHABAROVSK signed Montreal’s draftee D Gennady Razin. Razin played several years in Canadien’s farm system.